The Celebration

The Celebration

  • Director: Thomas Vinterberg
  • Writer: Thomas Vinterberg,Mogens Rukov
  • Countries of origin: Denmark, Sweden
  • Language: Danish, German, English
  • Release date: June 19, 1998
  • Sound mix: Dolby
  • Aspect ratio: 1.33 : 1
  • Also known as: Festen
  • "Festen" is a feature film directed by Thomas Vinterberg and starring Ulrich Thomsen , Henning Moritzen , Paprika Steen and Thomas . It was released in 1998.
    The film tells about the birthday party of a big family, the family is glamorous and rich on the outside, but inside is rotten and dilapidated.

    Details

    • Release date June 19, 1998
    • Filming locations Skjoldenæsholm, Sjælland, Denmark
    • Production companies Nimbus Film Productions, Danmarks Radio (DR), Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond

    Box office

    Budget

    $1,300,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $1,656,223

    Gross worldwide

    $1,657,778

    Movie reviews

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    • By Noel 2022-12-18 18:16:27

      Film Critic

      It's another movie story of an unforeseen event that happened at the party. Overnight, the earth turned upside down.

      Or nothing has changed, the ugly people are still so ugly, and the harm that the innocent people have suffered cannot be regarded as never happening.

      This movie is rare in my film list. I rarely watch Nordic movies, but in my impression, their movie style should be plain and deep, and like distant stars, flashing and flashing, dotted in the deep blue night...

    • By Stephania 2022-11-21 11:39:57

      Humble and timid, he told the truth, that demonic father and ruined heart still tortured him forever

      From Christian opening his father’s secret to being kicked out by his younger brother, when his mother insulted and ridiculed Christian in front of the guests, Helene knew the truth of the matter and had to stay out of the matter. I started crying and couldn’t stop. It was so sad that it happened. For such a terrible thing, his relatives did not encourage and comfort him, and only a few waiters were willing to believe and help him. The guests didn't have any expressions, surprised, sympathetic,...

    • By Kolby 2022-11-20 10:38:25

      Family Banquet Festen, 1998

      It's been a long time since I watched such a rough and aggressive movie. Swinging, extreme, and exciting, as the first work within the scope of the "Dougma 95" manifesto, "Family Banquet" is undoubtedly a masterpiece of the entire movement. "Dougma 95", perhaps we can call it "the rock of the movie industry", rebellious and unruly, not only for Nordic movies, but also a hand-held camera in the celluloid territory, and since it has this With the advent of new shooting equipment and techniques,...

    • By Jamaal 2022-11-18 16:24:17

      I like the shaping of Micheal

      Maybe it’s not a big surprise because there are too many scripts in various dramas and movies, but the director’s way of expressing humanity and achievements are shocking. He prefers "Hunting" because he rarely sees the collision between children and the adult world. .
       "Family Banquet" admires the shaping of his youngest son Micheal, and feels that he is the one who relies most on the "prosperity" of this family. The first time he saw his brother on the road began to show excitement and...

    • By Gerardo 2022-11-15 11:46:19

      good? Bad?

      In some movies I can stay sane, and in some movies I have a strong sense of emotional substitution. This has nothing to do with the quality of the movie, it's all about the individual.
             How to judge a person's quality? When finally my father left the table, I asked myself this. Some people even comment that mothers are bad. The world we live in already has a fixed mode of thinking, or there are some standards for us to judge. We have stipulated what is good and what is not good. And...

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    • By Pasquale 2023-09-26 08:43:36

      #1108|Dogma95 is too cold, the editing is great, the camera does not shake, and the DV texture is too catchy. Have a good year, that's it. Michael's actor later played Uncle Mac's old friend in Winterberg's The...

    • By Beau 2023-09-22 07:55:07

      Don't tm tap the cup! Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah! Atmosphere rendering is very good, first a bit of a bit of Gaussford Manor, the scenic, lead the audience, a bit of Asian ghost film, the episode, plus Europe The ethical topic of traditional themes has been grabbing the necks of the audience. After sobering up in the middle of the night, it feels good and good for everyone to talk...

    • By Breanna 2023-09-10 12:36:27

      Exaggerate the details of life in order to bring out the...

    • By Dewayne 2023-09-01 18:40:45

      On the 60th birthday of the rich man, the family members gathered to congratulate him. During the banquet, the eldest son was the first to get up and give a congratulatory speech, which probably meant that when he was a child, the most dangerous time for Dad to take a bath was when he took off his clothes. Put us on the green couch and raped us, well, that's it. This is the beginning of the...

    • By Tabitha 2023-08-15 23:39:49

      It's the product of Bergman's brutal domestic interior drama being Dougmarized 95. It transforms repression into absurdity with its own lax manifesto, completing an aesthetic...

    Movie plot

    A weekend family gathering held in the Danish local wealthy Heyge mansion was organized to celebrate his 60th birthday. His son, daughter-in-law, girlfriend and boyfriend, and several relatives and friends gathered together to celebrate his birthday. But it turned out to be a harmonious and lively dinner, but it was shrouded in a weird atmosphere, as if the ghost of Haiji's daughter who committed suicide two weeks ago was still there....
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    "Festen" is the number one work of the Dogma95 standard. The content of the film is very traditional and is a typical family drama. The whole film is lackluster in structure and shooting, and the actors' performances are also lacking in highlights. The director's different performances from different people attending the party sharply satirized the bourgeoisie. The film touches on sensitive topics such as Nazis, incest, and making a...
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    Movie quotes

    • [subtitled version]

      Michael: Don't diss my family, get it?

    • [subtitled version]

      Christian Klingenfeldt: Here's to the man who killed my sister... to a murderer.

    • Michael: This family is kaput!